Noted historian and writer Ramachandra Guha on Saturday attacked the Centre stating that the current government has "contempt" for scholars "as nobody in the government has read or written any books." "It is probably because nobody in the present government has read or written any books. He pointed out, "Prime Minister Vajpayee himself was a poet, leaders like Murli Manohar Joshi, Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha had written books. I don't think anyone in the current government read books and hence is the contempt for scholars." Hence, young historians should write and bring these aspects into the picture as well, he said.

Source: dna December 03, 2016 17:43 UTC